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Fever Vocabulary
Last-minute memorizing vocab words for Fever book
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abhor | Regard with disgust and hatred |
| Rouse | Bring out of sleep, waken / cause to feel angry or excited |
| Droned | Make a continuous low humming sound / Speak tediously in a dull monotonous tone / move with a continuous humming sound |
| Teemed | Be full of or swarming with |
| Apothecary | A person who prepared and sold minerals and drugs |
| Victuals | Food or provisions, typically a prepared for consumption / provide with food or other stores |
| Robust | Strong and healthy; vigorous / sturdy in construction / able to withstand or overcome adverse conditions / uncompromising and forceful / strong and rich in flavor or smell |
| Spinster | An unmarried woman, typically and older woman beyond the age for marriage |
| Miasma | A highly unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapor / an oppressive or unpleasant atmosphere that surrounds or emanates from something |
| Bilious | Affected by or associated with vomiting / spiteful, bad- tempered |
| Conceded | Admit that something is true or invalid after first denying or resisting it / admit in a contest / admit defeat in / surrender or yield / grant / fail to prevent the scoring of by and opponent / allow to slip |
| Fervent | Having or displaying a passionate intensity / hot, burning, or glowing |
| Pleurisy | Inflammation of the pleurae, which impairs their lubricating function and causes pain when breathing. It is caused by pneumonia, and other diseases of the chest or abdomen |
| Impudent | Not showing due respect for another person; impertinent |